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Dr. T. Thyagarajan H.R. Mohan [email protected] [email protected] Esteemed Members, Dear Friends, I am happy to inform you that, by the IEEE MAS LINK is pleased to share the happy Grace of GOD and with YOUR GOOD news that our Madras Section has won the R10 WISHES, the R10 has selected MADRAS DISTINGUISHED LARGE SECTION AWARD. The chairman’s message deals in detail about this award. SECTION for the R10 DISTINGUISHED LARGE SECTION AWARD for the year 2010. Dr. G. V. Rao, one of our senior members, has It is the first time that our Madras Section is outlined the procedure for becoming a Senior Member receiving such recognition from HQ. (SM) and also on how to nominate our members for IEEE Fellowship. Section of our size should have more The IEEE Region 10, also referred to as the Asia Pacific Region, SMs and few more Fellows. Members may please note and act accordingly. comprises of 57 Sections, 6 Councils, 21 Sub-sections, 500+ Chapters Our Section is planning to revamp the current website and go in for and 583 student branches. The selection for the award was based on the a Content Management System to facilitate collaborative and interactive performance summarized in the 2010 Annual Report submitted by all website. Over a period, the society chapters and student branches will able to the sections in the region 10 which included India, China, South East update the website with their activities without any constraints in page limit Asia, Australia and Newzeland. of the existing print communication – MAS LINK. We may become paperless The Award Certificate along with a cash bonus of US $ 1,000 and this will substantially reduce our printing cost thereby more funds may will be presented to us at the 2012-R10 Annual Meeting to be held be made available for activities. early next year. This recognition is based on the activities carried out In this context, from this month, SB activities are being published in by the Section, Societies, Student Branches, Affinity Groups with the an abridged form in print with links to the detailed reports posted on the direction & dedicated involvement of the executive committee members; Net. Proceedings of the workshops, conferences and announcements will encouragement from all the IEEE members of Madras Section and with however be included in detail in the print version of the newsletter. the support from the section office staff & all the other well wishers. This month, along with a brief review of the book “Microwave Engineering”, we have published 19 activity reports ranging from guest It is very apt to recall some of the earlier awards received from lectures, workshops, conferences organized by the following institutions: the HQ by the IEEE Madras Section members. o of Technology – Madurai – Inauguration of the  Dr G. V. Rao Student Branch & a Guest Lecture o Outstanding Chapter Engineer Award from the IEEE-PES- o Amrita School of Engineering – Poster Design Competition & 2001 Workshop on “Programming with Python” o Certificate of Appreciation from PES for three years: 2004, o Aarupadai Veedu Inst. of Tech – Collaborative Projects on Open 2005, 2006 Source Technology o Thiagarajar College of Engineering – Managerial Contest, Techuthsav, Small Chapter Award from PES-2001 o Hardware Contest, IEEE Quiz & Valedictory of the SB activities o Membership Development Award from IAS-2010. o Intl. Conf. on “Electronics Computer Technology” held at  Dr. Suresh ChadraPal Marthandam College of Engg o Hindustan Unversity – Natl. Conf. on “Communication, Networks o Certificate of Appreciation for the valued services and and Sensor Technology” & Natl. Conf. on “Energy, Systems and contributions towards the IEEE ComSoc’s India Road Show Control” 2007 o Anand Inst. of Higher Tech – Natl. Conf. on “Power Quality and  Mr K. V. Rupchand Power Conversion System” o IEEE PES High Performance Chapter Award-2010 o Sri Muthukumaran Inst. of Tech — Workshops on “Importance of IEEE in an Engineer’s Life” & “Stress Management”  Dr. S. Salivahanan o Velammal Engg College – Natl. Conf. on “Innovative Techniques in o IEEE Certificate of Appreciation for active participation in Power Engineering” organizing R-10 student congress at SSN-2008 o Membership Drive at Sri Krishna College of Engg Tech  Dr. T. Thyagarajan The Section and some of the Society Chapters are supporting events o IEEE Certificate of Appreciation for active participation in such as ReSYM-11, IAMA-2011, ICEGT-2011. They are listed in the organizing R-10 student congress at SSN-2008 Forthcoming Events column along with announcements on INDICON- 2011 at Hyderabad and a National Level Mock Interview at SMIT. We contd..... page 2 request our members to actively participate in them.

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Activities at Anna University of Technology Madurai

Inauguration of IEEE Student Branch knowledge by associating with the organizations Guest Lecture on “Recent Trends in at Anna University of Technology Madurai. like IEEE. Ms. K. Akilandeswari, Chairman of Renewable Energy and Government Support” The IEEE Student branch of Anna University of Technology Madurai organized a guest lecture on “Recent Trends in Renewable Energy and Government Support” on National Technology Day - 11th May 2011. IEEE Student Branch Secretary Mr.A.Shanmuganathan welcomed the gathering. Dr. E. B. Perumal Pillai, Registrar, in his presidential address focused the views on the celebration of National Technology. Mr. B. Vasudevan, Vice Chairman, IEEE Student Branch introduced the Chief Guest, Er. S. E. S. Syed Ahamed, Deputy General Manager, Tamilnadu Energy The inauguration of IEEE Student Branch IEEE SB introduced the Chief Guest Major. V. Development Agency, Madurai who spoke on of Anna University of Technology Madurai took V. Chandrasekharan, Chairman, Student the emerging trends in renewable energy like th place on 5 April 2011 at the Seminar Hall of Activities & Treasurer, IEEE Madras Section nuclear, wind, photovoltaic and solar power. Anna University of Technology Madurai. About who spoke about the scope and activities of The speaker concluded his lecture by explaining 60 participated in the inaugural function of which IEEE and emphasized that all students should about the Government support rendered 17 were IEEE members. The Director Academic come forward to become members in IEEE, an through the Ministry of New and Renewable Courses and Dean, Dr. V. Malathi welcomed Energy (MNRE) in generating power from International organisation. He then distributed the gathering. Honourable Vice Chancellor Dr. renewable energy sources. R. Murugesan, in his presidential address, the IEEE membership cards to the members of stressed that the students should enhance their IEEE Student Branch. Detailed Report at: http://goo.gl/Q38xW Activities at Amrita School of Engineering python”, “real-time applications of python”, “basics of python”, “functional programming”, Poster design competition using Photoshop One Day workshop on “Programming with “database programming” and so on. software Python” These events were mentored by Prof. K. Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Gangadharan, Chairman-IT and organized by Coimbatore IEEE student branch organized a Coimbatore IEEE student branch organized a Mr. C. Arunkumar, Student Branch Counsellor two hour poster design contest using Adobe one day workshop on “Programming with of IEEE, Amrita with the support of SB Photoshop on 1st April 2011Around 30 students Python” on April 6th, 2011. The workshop members participated in the contest. Some random was conducted by Mr. Srinivasan Detailed report at: http://goo.gl/BtgxE photographs were given to the contestants and Lakshminarayanan - a trainer and consultant using these pictures they had to design a creative The topics covered include “why python”, Report by: C. Arunkumar, poster with a suitable caption for the poster. “advantages of python”, “companies using [email protected]

Chairman’s Message continued.... o IEEE MGA Achievement Award- 2009  Mr H. R. Mohan Section Membership as on o IEEE Foundation Grant Award 15th June 2011 o Certificate of Appreciation from winner (US$13450)-2009 IEEE Computer Society consecutively o IEEE Outstanding Humanitarian Life Fellow - 2 for 3 years (2007, 2008 & 2009) Award -2009 Fellow - 1  Prof. Ramlatha o IEEE People Choice Award-2009 Life Senior - 7 o MGA Achievement Award -2008. o Certificate of Appreciation from the Senior Member - 82 IEEE President for developing world o EEE WIE Honorable Mention for the Life Member - 5 changing technology ISHHS-2010 Affinity Group of the Year Award Member - 1256 2007, 2008. In the May 2011 newsletter, I furnished Associate - 99 a comprehensive list of various awards o IEEE outstanding Branch Counselor Affliate - 30 Award 2008 constituted by IEEE. I request the esteemed members to make use of the information and Graduate Student Member - 1098  Mr Sampath Veeraraghavan add more feathers to the IEEE Madras Section. Student Member - 5022 o IEEE RAB GOLD Achievement Award in recognition of Leadership.- Affectionate colleague Total - 7,602 2007 Dr. T. Thyagarajan

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Collaborative Projects on Open Source Technology at AVIT and Development of Open Source Technology. Dept. of IT and CSS Corp officials have finalized The MOU was signed by Dr A.S.Ganesan, Vice the projects on Open Source Technology Chairman, Vinayaka Missions University and deployed with “Asterisk”, most powerful and Mr. Om Prakash, Vice President-CSS Corp efficient telephony development toolkit and recently. formed eight student member teams and assigned Based on the MoU, Dr. (Mrs.) N. R. the projects. The student member teams were Alamelu, Principal,AVIT motivated to carry out given guidance by Dr .A. Anthony Irudhayaraj, more innovative projects and to establish the Dean- Dept of IT, Mr. C. Karthikeyan, HeOD, high end Open Source Technology Lab in the IT, Mr. S. Srinivasan, Associate Professor/IT Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology Dept. of IT. The advanced computer facilities and CSS Corp Officials. Mr. Jesu Valiant, (AVIT) and CSS Corp, entered into a were installed with open source softwares such Solutions Architect,CSS Corp evaluated the MoU to work collaboratively on joint Research as Ubuntu10.1, Asterisk. Faculty Members of projects and appreciated the efforts put forth.

Activities at Thiagarajar College of Engineering On March 21st, 2011 we came to the conclusion of, inaugural year of operation of Prahaar’11: Inter-departmental managerial Madurai and Mrs. G. V. Thamarai,VP-Asia IEEE student branch of TCE. It was time to contest Pacific, HP who embarked the Women’s day recognize prize winners and office bearers, who celebrations. had put in the hard work. The valedictory Prahaar’11 an inter-departmental function was presided over by managerial contest, was conducted jointly by WHIZARD 2011: Intra-department hardware Dr.V.Abhaikumar, principal & IEEE student IEEE student branch of TCE and ECE contest department of TCE. This year, it was a grand branch mentor and Dr. S. Raju , HOD/ECE. WHIZARD is an intra-department event with over 630 participants from all The function began with prayer and welcome hardware contest conducted by the department departments of our college. It’s a five–round address by IEEE branch counselor Mrs. K. of electronics and communication engineering. contest to filter out, the best-manager of TCE. Kalyani. In his address, the TCE SB Mentor The contest topics were centered on major The first round was a I-Q based round. This Dr.V.Abhaikumar, stressed the need to take industrial issues. The contestants were expected was followed by the second round which tested branch activities to next level and making the to suggest solutions to these problems and the communications Skills. In the third round branch more pro-active. Dr. S. Raju had display a working model to support their nine teams, and given the task of solving open expressed her faith in the branch activities and justification. The contest was held on 12th of problems and issues within the college ranged accepted our request for industrial visits to March. The topics included industrial issues from, deployment of bicycles, to P.A system in various companies to gain first hand in-sights like detecting scraps in ball bearing, automation the college, to Biomass plant in the hostel. of industrial process. It was followed by the of toll gate. Teams were encouraged to use Thirty-six students were selected from this lot report of IEEE student branch activities by R. controllers as a part of their hardware project. were tested on innovativeness and spontaneity Shruthi joint secretary and A. Sakthi joint and 22 were short listed and, were asked to IEEE QUIZ GENERALE treasurer of the branch. After the IEEE report, submit their non-technical resume based on the it was time for awarding certificates to A quiz program “IEEE QUIZ merit of the resume, final twelve participants participants of IEEE workshops, winners of GENERALE” conducted for the members of were tested on stage on their common sense by IEEE student branch quiz contest and certificate the student branch on 11.03.2011. Almost all the special juries for the event, Mr. Md. of appreciation to all IEEE branch office student members took part in the preliminary Mansoor Roomi, Professor, ECE Dept. and Mr. members. The function also marked the round in teams of two. Six teams were selected Rajesh, Placement officer. They short listed six inauguration of IEEE student branch of TCE for the finals and were quizzed their knowledge students, who were then, tested on their stress website by P. Gautham. We believe it would be of IEEE and some interesting facts about IEEE. management skills. After all these rigor, Preetham a platform for all member of branch to The winners and the runners-up were awarded of IIIrd year EEE dept. was chosen as Mr. communicate and develop. Finally, the vote of prizes and all the finalists were given certificates Prahaar and Aakash ,of Ist year ECE dept. was thanks was delivered by R. K. M. Rajkumar, of participation on the valedictory day of the chosen as the runner-up. student branch chair, who thanked everyone IEEE branch at TCE. for extending their support .He also reiterated TECUTHSAV Valedictory Function of SB activities for the the path ahead and wished well for juniors to TECUTHSAV is the technical academic year takeover. We at TCE definitely believe this is extravaganza where the imagination of the just a humble beginning and our IEEE student commoner ends and the Engineer begins. branch will achieve many more laurels in year Thiagarajar College of Engineering presented to come. Tecuthsav 2011 on 8th Mar 2011 in which TCE SB joined hands with Dept. of ECE to organize Detailed report at: http://goo.gl/aJKxH its part in the technical extravaganza named as TELETEC. Around 300 participants took part Visit our Website in the various competitions. The guests at the www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/madras event were, Mrs. Ester Rajam, GM, BSNL,

3 IEEE-MAS Link Volume : 8 Issue : 6 June 2011 International Conference on Electronics Computer Technology The 3rd International Conference on of Oman and R. Vijayarajeswaran, Managing “Electronics Computer Technology” sponsored Director, Vi Microsystems Pvt Ltd had by IACSIT, co-sponsored by IEEE Pothigai Sub presented keynote addresses. Section and IETE PAC and hosted by Vi Institute of Technology, Chennai and Prof Gopinath Ganapathy, Bharathidasan Marthandam College of Engineering was held at University, Prof K. Soundararajan, Prof E, during April 8-10, 2011. Ramraj, Prof. K. Kuppuswamy chaired the technical sessions of the conference. Over 350 Prof S. Arumuga Perumal, HOD, research scholars from different parts of India Computer Science, South Hindu David Asirvatham, University of Malaya, Dr. College, Nagercoil, in his opening remarks N. Saravanan, Head of Computer Science and and abroad had participated and presented their explained the importance of the conference. Dr. IT from Mazoon University College, Sultanate research work in this conference. Activities at Hindustan University Bol Shrestha, Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr. R. Devanathan, NCCNS-11: National Conference on Santoshkumar, Director, VIBE Institute of Principal & Dean Academic emphasized the Communication Networks and Sensor Biomedical Engineering, Chennai, Prof. Dr. importance of the conference in the present Technology Reeba Korah, St. Joseph College of Engineering, day situation. A special message was sent by Dr. P. C. Sen, Emeritus Prof., Queen’s University, Canada and it was read by Dr. R. Devanathan. The conf. proceeding was released on the occasion. Dr. R. Ramanujam, Prof., EEE Dept, HITS delivered a lecture on “Indian Power Scenario”. The conference had two key note addresses: Dr. Shiva Kumar, Director, PCRA on “Energy Scenario and Energy Conservation” and “Renewable energy response to increasing demand for electric power” by Dr. Govinda Bol Shrestha. The conference hosted a pre-conference tutorial on 19th April 2011 on “Transmission Planning for Evolving Power Systems” delivered A two day National Conference on Chennai, Prof. Dr. C. D. Suryakala, Sathyabama by Dr. Govinda Bol Shrestha. Out of 100+ papers Communication Networks and Sensor University, Chennai, Dr. S. Solaimanohar, Anna received from all over the country, 30 were Technology was organized by the Depts of ECE University, Chennai and Prof. Dr. Radha, S.S.N selected for presentation by an expert panel. & EIE during 18-19, Apr 2011 in association College of Engineering. with IEEE student’s branch. Panel sessions were held during the NCESC-11: National Conference on conference. Invited papers were presented by Dr. K. Sarukesi, Vice-Chancellor, Energy, Systems and Control at Hindustan the following chairs followed by contributed presided over the function. Dr.K.Rajanna, University Chairman, Dept.of Instrumentation and Applied Sciences, IISc, Bangalore inaugurated the conf. and delivered the keynote address on “Thin Film based Sensors and MEMS”. The conf. proceeding was released at the inaugural. Dr. Balaji Srinivasan, Dept. of EE, IIT, Chennai addressed he participants on “Sensing the world around us” and dealt with the smart sensing techniques in industrial environment and its dependence on communication networks. Out of 400+ papers received on topics related to Communication, Sensor Technology, A two day National Conference on papers. Mr. M. V. V Sharma, Deputy Director, VLSI & Image Processing and Wireless Energy, Systems and Control was organized by PCRA, Chennai; Dr. Govinda Bol Shrestha, Networks, 80 were selected by expert panel the Dept. of EEE on April 20 & 21, 2011 in Professor, Nanyang Technological University, members for presentation. association with IEEE student’s branch. Singapore; Dr. Bala Pesala, Scientist, CSIR, Panel sessions held during the conference Dr. K. Sarukesi, Vice-Chancellor, Chennai; Mr. R. Sridhar, Scientist, Deputy were chaired by Dr. S. K. Srivatsa, Professor presided over the function and the National Director, CSIR, Chennai; and Dr. V. Kamaraj, (Retd), Anna University, Chennai, Mr. Conference was inaugurated by Dr. Govinda Professor, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai.

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PQPCS-11: National Conference on Power Quality and Power Conversion System at Anand Institute of Higher Technology of single-phase, power quality improvement converters in domestic, commercial and Dimension Technology Private Limited, industrial environment has made possible the Chennai. The function started with the lighting design and development of three-phase power of kuthuvilakku by Dr.S.Arivazhagi, Director. quality improvement converters and their Thiru. K. Sridharan, Secretary delivered the widespread use in different applications. Also keynote address. Dr. T. A. Raghavendiran, they dealt with a comprehensive review of power principal welcomed the gathering. conversion configurations used for renewable Dr.L.Premalatha, HOD/EEE spoke about the energy generation, control approaches, department activities and highlighted the performance on supply and load sides in terms conference details. Ms. T. Anuradha, AP/EEE of input power factor, THD and well-regulated, introduced the chief guest and Ms. P. reduced-rippled dc output, power rating, cost The IEEE student branch of AIHT Mangayarkarasi, SL/EEE introduced the guest and selection for specific applications. activities organized a one day National of honor. Conference on “Power Quality and Power The student’s research presentation took The guests in their address spoke about Conversion System (PQPCS-11)” on 29th Apr place in different sessions on various new the significance of Power Quality which is 2011 to provide the participants an opportunity concepts in the field of “Power Quality and Power greatly influenced by voltage variations, voltage for developing interaction between Conversion” and showed great interest in design unbalance, frequency variations, flickering and academicians, industry experts and research and implementation of various power conditioning harmonics and explained the solution scholars to discuss the latest emerging technologies that can be utilized in renewable techniques by means of Suitable Power technology in the field of Electric Power Quality, energy systems. It was helpful for the to Conditioning Technologies, Active Harmonic Power Conversion Systems, Energy students, researchers, designers and engineers Filtering, Improved Power Quality Converters Management, Power Electronics and Adjustable to know state-of-the-art of power quality etc and application of power electronics Speed Drives and share their experiences, improvement and power conversion technology expertise and further identity newer areas of systems used for energy conversion. It was research and cooperation. further stated that, the generation of harmonics During the valedictory function, and reactive power flow in a power system is certificates were presented to the participants The conference was inaugurated by the greatly influenced by the widespread use of the principal Dr.T.A. Raghavendiran and HOD/ chief guest Mr.Hari Eswaran, Chairman, Easun power electronic converters in addition to other EEE, Dr.L.Premalatha. The function ended with Reyrolle Limited, Chennai and Guest of honor sources of harmonics and reactive power. The vote of thanks by Mr.C.Ravichandran,S.L/EEE Mr.N.Jagannathan, Director and CEO, Fourth design, development and successful application followed by national anthem. Tech Trends performing code in C++ together with more University of Washington researchers have standard libraries,” says Texas A&M professor developed two software-based mouse cursors Computational Thinking ‘Vital for Bjarne Stroustrup, who designed and designed to make clicking targets easier for users Child’s Analytical Ability’: Computational implemented C++ more than 25 years ago. More with disabilities. The Pointing Magnifier thinking ought to be embedded within at http://goo.gl/bTRyR program combines an area cursor with visual educational programs in order to cultivate Robot Could Guide Humans Through and motor magnification. To acquire a target, children’s analytical ability, says Carnegie Mellon Areas of Low Visibility: Sheffield Hallam the user places a large circular cursor somewhere University professor Jeannette M. Wing. University researchers are participating in a over the target and clicks. The Pointing Magnifier “Computational thinking helps us figure out how multi-disciplinary project to develop a robot then enlarges everything under that circular area to solve problems through reduction, embedding, that can guide humans in areas of low visibility. to fill the screen. The user then clicks with a transformation, decomposition, or simulation,” The robot, which will be slightly larger than a point cursor inside the enlarged area to acquire Wing told. More at http://goo.gl/XWxQQ laptop, could be used by firefighters and by the the target. More at http://goo.gl/lrzEZ blind or visually impaired. The robot features Dialing With Your Thoughts: Severely UCF Student Turns Cell Phone Into disabled people would be able to place a call on lead-like tethers, or reins, that it uses to communicate Mobile Microscope: Students at the University a cell phone with just their thoughts using a with users. More at http://goo.gl/zUGlj of California, Davis (UCD), and the University new brain-computer interface developed by IBM Shows Smallest, Fastest of Central Florida (UCF) have developed a way researchers at the University of California, San Graphene Processor: IBM researchers say to turn smartphones into virtual microscopes Diego’s (UCSD’s) Swartz Center for they have developed a graphene transistor that that can detect malaria from a digital picture of Computational Neuroscience. More at http:// can complete 155 billion cycles per second. The a patient’s blood sample. The software enables goo.gl/wAkzK researchers say it is the smallest transistor IBM a doctor working in Africa to take a picture of has ever created, with a gate length of just 40 Introducing C++11: The latest version the blood sample with a cell phone camera nm. Graphene-based transistors can be produced of the C++ programming language, C++11, instead of having to use a microscope in a lab. at low cost using standard semiconductor recently passed review by the International An image-analysis phone application then materials, says IBM researcher Yu-Ming Lin. Organization of Standardization (ISO), and the More at http://goo.gl/53xjf calculates and detects where the malaria clusters official standard will be approved in the fall. are based on blood cells’ location and staining, “The new standard provides language features Free Software Makes Computer the same way it is done in a lab. More at http:/ that make it easier to write correct and well- Mouse Easier for People With Disabilities: /goo.gl/lpfV8

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Workshops at Sri Muthukumaran Institute of Technology an inaugural speech by Mr. Kotteswaran, was handled by Mrs. S. Kalaiselvi, Student Student member. Branch Counselor. The session proved beneficial in learning the art of proper planning The first session on Importance of IEEE to avoid hard hitting of books at the last minute in an Engineers Life sparked off when Ms. Jeno of the exams. Since the exams are round the Helcy, student member, invited Mr. M. Karthik, corner, the session was very useful and Former SB Chair, to take charge of the session. informative for all the students. He gave a clear and distinct idea about the importance of IEEE, and the significance of IEEE The program came to an end with the with various departments of Engineering. His vote of thanks delivered by Mr. Satish, Student IEEE Student Branch of Sri presentation made it clear that IEEE is not just Member. The program received good response Muthukumaran Institute Of Technology an institution of the Electrical Engineers, but from all the participants. The Student Branch expresses its sincere thanks to HOD of EEE organized a couple of events on 1st April 2011. also for all the other forms of engineering. The department, Branch Counselor, and all the The day geared up with a session on session proved helpful in clarifying certain confusions which persisted in the minds of the participants for making the event a grand “Importance of IEEE in an Engineers Life”, newly inducted members of the student branch. success. followed by a “Workshop on Stress Management”. The Program commenced with The Workshop on Stress Management Report by: K. Sarath Kumar

Activities at Jeppiaar Engineering College comprising Arun Noel Victor and Sharon Roy, 2nd year EIE for their presentation on “NEW Aptitude Test Paper Contest POSSIBILITIES OF PRODUCING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY RESOURCES” IEEE Student Branch of Jeppiaar IEEE Student Branch of Jeppiaar along with Vijayraghavan V, 2nd year EEE, for Engineering College conducted an Aptitude Test Engineering College conducted a paper the topic “MODIFIED RAM AIR TURBINE for its student members on 27th February 2011. presentation contest for its student members FOR ENTIRE AIRCRAFT OPERATION ® “APS-TEEZE” as the event was named enabled on March 7th 2011. Around 65 students from (PATENT pending) ”. The 3rd prize of Rs. 500/ to tickle the brain cells of the students. The various departments presented their ideas on = was again shared by Shoby and Karunya questions were split up into different sections current technical issues as well as their own Shobha, 2nd year EEE, for the presentation on comprising LOGIC and VERBAL sections. Mr. creation. The judges were Mr. Arun Srinivas, “ZIGBEE” and Suganya, 2nd year, IT dept. Prabhunathan won the first place while Ms. Associate Prof., EEE department and Mr. J. Salma Zaithoon Zakhariya and Mr. Ajith Vincent Jebastine, Associate Prof., ECE dept. Nivas These events were organized with the secured the second and third positions Ravichandran, 2nd year ECE, who presented on support of the branch counselor, Mr. respectively. They were rewarded with cash the topic “DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF Sellakumar. prize of Rs.1000, Rs.750 and Rs.500 DIGITAL ADAPTIVE FILTER USING MAT Detailed Report at: http://goo.gl/UXtx9 respectively. There were around 40 student LAB”, won the first prize of Rs 1000/=. The members who participated in the contest. 2nd place of Rs. 750 was shared by two teams, Report by: Apoorva P Naidu

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ITPED-11: National Conference on Innovative Techniques in Power Engineering and Drives at Velammal Engineering College Drives, Power Systems. In the conf. 70 papers were presented in four parallel sessions in the areas of Power Electronics and Drives, Power Systems, VLSI and Embedded Systems. Dr. Christober Asir Rajan, Prof, EEE, PEC delivered a keynote lecture on “Smart Grid Technology” and chaired the Session I on Power Systems. Er. S. Madivaanan Deputy Director, CVRDE delivered a keynote lecture on “Smart Grid City” in the Session II. Dr. N .Kumarappan, Prof. EEE, Annamalai University delivered a keynote lecture on “Distributed Generation” and chaired The Fourth National Conference on conference and also released the Conference the Session III on Power Systems. Dr. R. Innovative Techniques in Power Engineering and Proceedings. Dr. K. Thirunavukkarasu, Ramanujam, Prof., EEE, Hindustan University Drives ITPED ’11 was organized by the Principal, Velammal Engineering College, delivered a keynote lecture on “Technology Department of Electrical and Electronics presided over the inaugural function and Penetration and Strategies in Indian Power Engineering, Velammal Engineering College on delivered the presidential address. Dr. P. th th Systems’’ in the Session IV . 24 and 25 March 2011 in association with Chidambaram Professor, EEE, VEC highlighted Er. P. Kumaraguru Chief Engineer, IEEE Madras. Dr. Sheilaa Haran, HOD/EEE about the conference. welcomed the gathering and introduced the Chief (operation & maintenance) NCTPS, TNEB, Guest Mr. R. Chellappan, Managing Director, The conference stressed the popularity delivered the valedictory address and distributed Numeric Power Systems who inaugurated the and developments on Power Electronics and the certificates to the participants.

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